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Fire alarm due to broken sprinkler pipe near Howard AvenueDes Plaines IL

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audio iconFire & Arson
Howard Ave, Des Plaines, IL 60018

As discussed during the dispatch call, a fire alarm near Howard Avenue in Des Plaines was caused by a broken sprinkler pipe in the loading dock. No fire was found on arrival.

Audio|Heard on: Regional Emergency Dispatch - RED Center (Northbrook) Fire Dispatch: South (Patched w/ SC21 TG34065)
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00:59
Transcript:
00:00
Squad 63, ambulance 62, Tower 61, battalion 61, and ambulance 62, fire alarm, near Howard Avenue, in Des Plaines, grid 63 85, near Howard Avenue, fire alarm, near Howard Avenue, fire alarm, squad 63, ambulance 62, Tower 61, battalion 61, and ambulance 62.
00:26
Right, squad 63.
00:28
Squad 63.
00:29
Put ambulance 63 on that ticket, hold the ambulance 62.
00:33
Squad 163, okay.
00:34
Amund 62, you can just regress the run.
00:36
Grab 10th 61's row.
00:38
10.61. Okay.
00:39
Red Squad 63.
00:40
Squad 6.3.
00:42
Eastbound one-story commercial, nothing shown from two sides will be out in the best.
00:45
Squad 6-3, okay.
00:48
Your eastbound was a 1-store, nothing shown.
00:50
Right, squad, squad six-three.
00:52
Squad 6-3.
00:54
Broken sprinkler pipe in the loading dock, hold the truck in the squad.
00:58
Squad 63, okay.

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Howard Ave, Des Plaines, IL 60018

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